A significant number of children are unable to demonstrate the basic competency needed for further learning after six years of primary-level education and Chief Education Officer Olato Sam yesterday said the inability of teachers to deliver the expected content is mainly to blame.
“Many of the weaknesses we see in the children are a reflection of our teachers failing; [as a result], the ministry needs to embark on bridging the gap by offering competency building to the teachers,” Sam told a gathering of 350 primary school head teachers who gathered at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre yesterday to take part in the ‘Educational Leaders as Agents of Change’ seminar.
Sam said he was troubled by the overall output of the education system.
